Ozen girls to face playoff nemesis

The Beaumont Ozen girls basketball team hopes to change some unpleasant history on Friday when it faces Angleton on Friday in the Class 4A Region III semifinals.

Playing Angleton has meant the end of the road for Beaumont high school girls basketball teams.

In 2008 they eliminated Central from the playoffs. Ashton Massey, now a senior at Ozen, was a freshman on that Central team.

In 2005, Angleton eliminated Ozen from the playoffs with a 40-35 victory. Ozen went scoreless the final 4:10 of the game.

In 2002, the Ozen girls lost 61-52 in the region finals. Point guard Ashley Smith left the game in the second quarter with a knee injury and the Lady Panthers couldn’t recover from a 32-16 halftime deficit.